![]() ![]() I think that is no longer the case, partly because the functionality has topped out and partly because the corporate culture of going all out to make improvements backward-compatible and respect the install base changed about the time the company went public and John MacFarlane left. They really did well for their customers. As Sonos kept adding new functions (new music sources, the iPhone app controller, playing music from your iPhone, TruePlay, etc.) to its products, the added functionality was in OS upgrades that ran just as well on my 2005 hardware. In the past, I said that one selling point for Sonos is that it was the only tech gear that became better and more functional, rather than less, in the years after you bought it - in this respect, Sonos is the polar opposite of Apple. So you will be either pleasantly or unpleasantly surprised by Sonos, depending on which paradigm you start with. Its life expectancy is less than typical of the audio world, where speakers from the 1980s may need refoaming but then still work, but more than typical of the tech world, where an iPhone from four years ago won't run some apps that you want and needs to be replaced. What Sonos makes is a hybrid between audio and tech. I have Sonos stuff that I got in 2005 or 2006 that still works every day, but I think the writers here are right that now ten years is about what you should expect. ![]() I can't imagine Sonos making another physical controller, given the resources that would involve and the limited payoff given that that the alternative phone controller is free (or nearly free if you use others' apps such as SonoPhone). ![]() It came up into controller mode immediately with its motion sensor, was always charged & in the right place (in its cradle), had physical & one-touch buttons for volume and mute and snooze on your alarm, and was easy to use for kids and technophobes.Īs opposed to (when someone's phone rings and you need to mute the music) find my phone, hope it has a charge, wake it up with the password, start the Sonos app, get to volume and turn it off. The clunky & dated-looking controller was well designed and made. We are big Sonos fans, but the CR100s were the best thing about Sonos while they existed, and they were the cause of Sonos purchases by several of our friends and relatives. We kept using our CR100s for 2 years after Sonos bricked them in 2018, until somebody inadvertently updated our system last summer. Etc etc spitballing here but you get the idea (its really too bad they don't have an option for a Bluetooth audio in, would really extend the life/ease of use outside the software) With the Sonos you could do similar once updates stop (if they did) run an old app version on an old dedicated device, or broadcast via an aux in etc (Assuming you had a Sonos five). My 6 yr old has an an ipad 2 that's about 10 yrs old (no updates in ages but the old apps still work, just don't update them lol). I use my Xbox for netflix/hulu/etc and an hdfury arcadia for Atmos. Now the support/firmware updates might end eventually (they are still supporting gen 1 stuff that is over 10 yrs old, even if its carved off into legacy) but even if app updates stop there probably will be work arounds to extending life if hardware still works and you have the desireįor example I have a smart TV from 7 years ago, no firmware updates in a long time so it still runs a very old version of Netflix and does not support HBO max or Disney plus. ![]()
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